The Sun. — London, England, 1864-01-12 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. A steady business is reported in discount circ l es, and the rates continue easy at 61 per cent, upwards according to the description of paper on offer. The prospectus has been issued this morning for a new Danish loan for £1,200,000 stock, bearing 5 per cent. interest. The particulars will be found in our advertising columns. The International Financial Society have invited subscription s for a capital amounting to £1,000,000, in shares of £5O each, for the Anglo Italian Bank, introduced to the public with a highly influential direction, including Sir James Hudson, Baron Ricasoli, Mr. F. Doulton, M P., and others. The brokers are Messrs. Seymour and Co., and Messrs. Cazenove and Co. The objects of the undertaking . are to extend financial operations between the two countries, and the development of the vast resources of Italy by means of increased monetary accommo dation. Banking institutions have hitherto been almost unknown in the new kingdom, and its Government have promised to encourage the project- The commercial public are also expected to support it, as it must materially assist them in the extension of their enterprise at tome and abroad. The shares have been quoted in the Stock Exchange this morning at 2f 4 prem., but the latest prices are 11 I prem., and the corn pang is viewed with much favour. About 82,000 sovereigns were withdrawn from the B an , yesterday. During the last few days there has been ve r y little animation in the Foreign and Colonial Pro duce markets. Sugar has been in limited favour, and holders still demanding full rates. For tea th e inquiries have been of a retail character, while a better demand has sprung up for rice, chiefly for ex portation. In the tallow market there has been a moderate amount of business, at about previous rates, for both present and forward delivery. Two O'CLOCK. At the Paris Bourse to-day (according to Mr. Reuter's telegram), the 3 per Cent. Rentes were 66 f. 75c. 66f. 80c.—Inanimate. A heavy tone has pervaded the English Stock Market to-day, a decline of almost k per cent, hav ing resulted from sales in consequence of the apprehension felt with regard to Continental politics. C onso l s, at the present moment, are 90f for transfer, and 91k for the account. Busi ness is very dull, and the market is therefore inac tive, as well as rather depressed. The New Threea and Reduced Annuities are 90.1, 91 ; the 5 per Cents., 106 ; and Exchequer Bills, par ; India 5 per Cents • are well maintained at 1061 z ; do. 4 per Cents., 1001 ; the Enfaced 5 per Cents., 104; and the Bonds, prem. Dulness is also the chief characteristic of the -Foreign Market, which however, is also a little 'wea ker. Greek Bonds have receded to 231 de cline of and the Coupons are worse, at 10} S panish P ass i ve are d own 7 „ at 33 I, and the Car tih eate _ a * 131 ; Turkish Consolides are 1 being 461 471 ; Mexican have been furth er u c e Preeiated t o t h e extent of viz., to 351 36. The anfederate Loan is nominally 37 39i bel3tlaine88 in th e R a il way Sh are M ar k e t h as not B IZ T e l,' active, but in some instances prices have 1 4 1 I I improv e d. G rea t N ort h ern , G reat W es t ern , ha v: aehi re and Yorkshire, and South Western North advanced ss. ; while Great Eastern, as tern, (Be rwic k ern, Metropolitan, and North Eastern 1 1 Th e ;' have declined ss. re quest at For eign and Colonial lines are in fair re -13.-ht a Slight depreciation on former prices. ta t and Miscellaneous Shares continue in mode to g d em and. London and County have declined N t i t il and Oriental Bank to 59. Anglo-Italian are quoted 11 2 prem.; Mauritius Credit 1 to ; Contract Corporation 21 to 3 prem. ;and 4.4 lian Steam 2 to 2i prem. , B RITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. a 'OVEitNMENT FUNDS. a P,,tr Cent. Consols • 91h .1 uitto Account Feb. 4 .. ~,Per Cent. Reduced .................. 91 901 :V 3p 3 per Cent ..................... 901 1 90/1 =New 38 per Cent. Jan. •1691 ......... . • .. ...... dew 3i per Cent. Annuities . 5 per Cent, Annuities, Jan. 1873 _ • •.. .. 116 A muities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan.? 1181785 Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth Apri , • . Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 190 .... __— Ditto 5 pet Cent. 1870 ............ _ Ditto 4 per Cent. 1888 ....... .. ...... Ditto ditto Aril, Di tto ditto Aug. 1864 or lB6 66 tachequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent. par 4 pm Ditto £5OO ............. TA Ditto £lOO and £2OO .... par "nk England Stk, 4i per Ct., last M.-yr. 237 i Ilibteof GOTERNMENT SECURITIES. . ailChft Stock, 1874 Ditto Account ..................... 1064 D itto 5 per Cent. July, 1 870 • •• • • •••• 100 i Ditto 4 per Cent, 1888 .... Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent. ..... — O4 .. 1 Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Ditto Benda £1,000• . par Ditto under Zl,OOO .. ,I'OREIGN FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES, 41114 4 6 per Cent bittei 1839 and 1859 s 7: Ditto li per Cent., 1852-68-80 87 Ditto :1863 1 die Dittol i llen B'' ' ll), 1863, £45 paid Col o °". Ayre s 6 per Cent rciblart 6 s • £5O pd Cubs g b eer en ' ) Cent t'itl:tllPer C en t ....... — hi t , b l.O li per Cent, _ Dk'ilt-,,' Per Cent ,1863 ‘,-;`,,' 2 8 per Cent Ex. 12 Guilders s l,j - ,•;:° 1 ' New C oneoldated. 1 per Cent _ „. ",.'9,Provisonal Land Warrant 1008 ~vpLiftra 7 Grbeitto, per Issuen _ 100: 1 ek 5 pe r e t• 1.824-5 ex-CouPus 2-31 lillittttO 4Coee°4llt . .: ....... '. .. .. 405t:bi t ,_ A eupons u A ,`", coun. ............ ItFAli„l'4-14 6 per Cent. .1,, 41 6 Per Cent. Olarernmana Railway) ^I c all 3 per Cent 36- 1 i 6 5 1 I 1 kihtto Account ........... _ 141.°13riell Imeal 5 . ; . e; . Cent " Granada. . - Ditto 2 per eent.......... Ditto Deferred .. . ... :: ..... ..._ _ , Ditto Land Warranl2(H ........ '-etivian 3per Cent Ditto bitto Account .. ; _- 4 per C . t .... 7). ...... Ditto Accou t ell ~ 186- 'Pio n:lolo.e, Account ... ......... _..... 3)1. bitto, 1863 . per Cent., Ex. 2of — Ditto Scrip (1.863).£428; ... Dm ortUgUese 3 n er e ..- . ihtt o it„ .- e 41., 1803 ...... paid — . . R.itto 3 perouctiezi_..t.:iB.6.6 ;7 . . ~ 6 . . , ... 62 . Ditto lN A ccount ' " ' ' 471 Bcri _. PI 1;15 paid . . aussian 5 per Cent , 182/ ... Ditto 41 per Ce nt ' 18 50, ' 4 St 868 Ditto 186 Ditto 8 per Cent., 18 ° • . Ditto 6 per Cent, 18662 ........... 89 i 81 Dittols4l.l)(iiitiltoialper ee.t .................. P:tniali A ccoun t.per Celli' .......... _ I)itt,, ,tcout3.t titt:: izzat ......... , 33' . 3 a ii)jtto Account I:,titto zsiew Defearer ... ........... ▪ ....... _ fiv,itaish Cert of COUp not funded 13' i a I ) e itt .n ke , o' tlnt .. 4r ti l l i l, 4 per Cont. l)ittO 2P6or,ietent* 1854 - 90 1\:„0 6 T 1 .............. 141 P er Cent. 1858 l''ci Acount bitt • 100 Ronde ........ I.litt°' 74 64 per C t 1.862 1144) Acc unt il . I.6:ttt°o 641310:0 Bo ' n ' Cl; .. ...................e 6B M Cont. 1863 ................ feubiltto uaranteed, 4 per Cent. ..... lO3 2 -OieZeyftebentu per Ct., Oct„ 1863 tto 4.,,. c (2nert Cent, ...._ lk Dividends On .... .aboVe ....▪ ... in London. 4r,e4iniltenes, 4,.1 per Cent., Ex. 25f — bi tt 'z Per Cent., Ex. 12 Gull — 1 111i, t : 4 Per Cent. Certificates bk., , APer Cent., 1 861, Ex. 25 francs _-- 7: _ 8 ) ount. -••• . • ......... „ C - asel a AT -bi ttu o_n THREE O'CLOCK . 4,, uu lit .._ey ....................... 9 ............. Liverpool Cotton Market —This Day. 'A 1,, larltec wet. Sales, probably about 3,000 hales: ''Dort 4 - 2. Previously, 390. -- tio 'll r ( i lle Ladies Hare have left town on a visit to 121_,4nd Lads. Probyat Elton -hall Ouudle. tkit" Itight lion '• ir George Grey, Bart., has t a. t own r . esidence for the season at 109, Eaton-square. h oi•ene d Dudley Carleton ' l ° • an the lion. Mrs. art . *46th, INrecila town from visiting Lord Broughton, at Ted- SHARE MARKETS,---This day, ORDINARY SHARES AND STOC&S. Sharel Railways. I Paid.( Closing Business i Price. dens. Bir., Vol., and Str. Val, Blythe and Tyne. 11 ost.,Sleat.,and141id.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian _... Cork and Bandon Cornwall D o A (A gets no diN Do. B till 6p c.p an.lias been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun„Perth,&Ab. June.' Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian 8i GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. and W. of Delan, Great Western Do Str Val gua. stools Lancashire & Yorkshire Loudon and Blaokwali Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., aad Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & So..th Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. shares. Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming. t Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. II shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purehas, Do Lecda Do York Do Carliale North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction. Scottish Central !Scot N. E.,Aber.. stock Do Scot. Mid. stook.. Shrews. and Welchpooi Shropshire Union .... South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun 6taines,Wok.,andWok. Stockton & Darlington Do . Do New, 186 G Taff Vale Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford ez Kilkenny ' West Cornwall W. Hartlepool Har.&R. West Midland -Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford BRITISH Pi Share, lucT sk 1 20 2O 10 ►OO 1 100 100 stock stock stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 stook Railways stook 20i 20 100 100 etook stook stock 20 etock 50 100 Atlantia & Si Lawrene, Fiom.,Barodatt.Cent Ina Gu. 5 per cent... Do. New . ..... Do. E. Shares... Buffalo and Lahoe Huron Do. Prelerunoe stock stock fiuffalo,Brant,&Godricl f p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1873' Do. do. June 1, 1821 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Li n,; Cape Town ez Dock Scrii Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. h;ast Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext..... Do. do. II do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. Ist Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 2d Pref. Bonds.. Do. do. deferred...... Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deterred. Do. 4th Pret. stock... Do. do. deferred...... Gt.lndiarenin.gua.sp.c Do. New g - ua. 5 p. 0... Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per oent. Gt. W. of Canada Sharer , SSE Pald, all ,SIONS. Closing Price. 60 G 2 104 105 4 1 p i I P 6 6i 8i 9i 7i all all 100 s'nok Do. New . Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 5i p. o. do. '77-8.... Indian Branch Limited iMadras guar., 5 p. o. Do. q p. a. Extenßloo De. 4* Do. Fifth Extension. 31elb.Corp. b p. 0. Buds Jlelb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. &long. Bds. Newßrunswiok Cantia 100 100 100 100 100 on 102 104 101 103 1061 107; 1(5 106 lkp 201 211 73 75 59 6t 66 68 53 66 51 63 41 13 26 28 22 C 4 106 107 1 11 1 11 I, Class A and B. - N. Rl.C'dall pc Ist pt bde Soinde Do. Delhi.. 6-.; Do. d 0...... ' . 5 Do. Punjaub .. • oet P , Do. Do. ——•• •• . oo ;:, Do. Endus.St. Flo.) , Business done 103 104 10} 101 10% , ,, 93 95 86 88 I In 104 105 93 100 94 98 105 41 5 4i 67i 511 2 27i 107 6k 13} 57 50 1041 I 100 100 (100 100 2 all 100 100 3 6 82 84 104 105 103 104 1 iP 103 104 - • - 100 102 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 6 p.e.T.la J ul & - 1877-81 100 102 104 103 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 103 105 ! Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 103 105 Do. Ep. c. Jan. &July. 10C 91 62 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 90 92 914 , Cape G.llope, 6 p 0,1878 100 106 108 1 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 109 111 Do. 1890 100 109 111 IDo. Jan. & July, 1891 100 105 110 ,Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 110 112 1114 !Mauritius 6 per cent lOO 104 106 INatal Gov. 6 per cent 130 1(8 110 'N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. J a.&J uly 100 101 104 Do. 6p. o.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. G ov. 6 p 15!it 100 99 100 De. sp. c.,18/1 to 1071 100 99 100 Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 995 1604 100 New Zealand 6 p cent 100 107 109 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c sterling,, 1875 lOO 103 105 —Queensland Gcv. 6p. c lOO 109 111 I S. Aus G6p.c.1878.& up lOO 109 111 IVic.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 - 'Do. 10 6 n.c. An.&Oot. 100 lllO 111 1101 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 ft fd ufitiord Amalgamated — 364 274 Devcn G. Con, { . Tavist ) 1 575 6 8 5 East Bassett (Mogan) 3O 65 67 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. 52. Icl par East Caradon ...... 2.14.6 27 28 274 East Carn Brea... 3.4.0 74 8 E. W'l Russel (Tavistk.) 8.9.0 41 51 - IGam.&StAubyn(Gwen.) 581 8 10 ((Great South Tolgus l7B 44 41 G. Wheal Vor (Ilelston , 40 14 15 Grenville. Elend's-Foot ...... 8.12 87 39 tlingston Downs 4.18.0 21 31 Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelant 94 19 21 Nlarke Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Ore (Lim ) 24 11 1 d New Seten l9l 90 100 —• North Downs 2l 14 11 N.W10 . 1 basset (111o.;au 3.1.0 21 3 North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey, Providence(Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 44 46 South Caradon(StCleer, 11 423 135 S. Cara Brea (Illogan) — S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan, 18.18.9 574 624 Stray Park S ramar Silv.& Lead Min. 44 fin Croft 9 19 20 191 West Basset (Illogan) l4 11 12 W Cs radon (Liskeard) 5 20 22 West &ton Wheal Basset (Illogan) 54 85 90 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 20 25 Wheal Kitty (I.T.Lelant) 2.0.6 WhealLudeott %Vheal Mary Ann ;Men ) 8 12 124 Wheal 3eton 584 150 360 151 Wheal Treiawney (Lis.) 7 23 24 Wheal Union 3.17 3 35 PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Anglian, 5 per cent. A stock:, -- Ditto, No. 1, 107 - Great .\ orthern, 44 per cent., red. at'lo per cent. pm., 105 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 6 per cent., 126 Midland per cent. pf. stk. rd., 104 Stockton and Darlington, C 6 per cent., 33i PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS. London, Chatham, Arc , 6 per cent. 2d pf., 73 London and S.-Western 46 per cent., 105 North London, 4i per cent., 21 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Buckinghamshire, 96 London and Chatham, 4i per Cent., S 2 i JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Agra and United Service (lim.), 121 Anglo Austrian, 61 Bank of Egypt, 261 6 Bank of New Zealand, 13} British and American Exchange (11m.), 19i 19 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, Ditto, new, 18 Consolidated Bank, lira., 10; English and Irish (lira.), 81 9 8; English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 22; 3 } European Bank, lira., 3: 3 Hindustan, china, and Japan (lira.), 32 I 11 Imperial Bank (lim.); 25 Imperial Ottoman, 174 Land Mortgage Bank of India, Ihn., 4; London and Brazilian (Hui.), 561 6 London Chartered Bank of Australia, 27; London and County, 62i l 2 London and South American, lira., 7 ; London and Westminster, 84 3; ; 4 Merchant Bank, Una , 3letrop. and Prov. Bank (lira.), 221 National l'rovincial of England, 130 Ditto, ditto, 31; 1 New South Wales, 52 Oriental Bank Corporation, 59 61 591 Provincial of Ireland, 93 Scinde, I'unjaub, and Delhi (11m. 1 , 6; 61; . _ Ditto, new, 61 Standard of British South Africa (1lm), 24} 3 Ditto (L 25), 37i Union of London, 411 DOCKS. London, 72 3 St. Katharine, 71i Southampton, 03 MISCELLANEOUS. British Indian Tea, lim., 3 k 3 Discount Corporation, limited, 111 English and Australian Copper, 2 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, lim., Hudson's Bay, 17 International Financial Society, lim., 01 ii Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 00, 83 Joint •stock Discount, El k Ditto, new, 6C; London Financial Association, ' lim., 25} I Mercantile Credit Association, lira., 8 National Discount Company, lira., 10i r i National Steam Navigation, hin., Ocean Marine (Insurance), 19y Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 79 South Australian Land, 33 Thames and Mersey Marine (Insurance), liin., ei Universal Marine (lim.) Insurance, 51 8 8i Si Si 84 E 6 120 121 7 7i 37 39 16 17 97 99 107 10 49 50 46 48 VI 8} 127 128 1311 1321 134 136 98 10) C4l 155} 110 110 E 72 73 107 109 43 44 1013 i 1001 101 i 104 99 50 109 110 1284 1281 14 1 t? 97 99 52i 63} 25 Y 6 102 I(3k 59 GO 891 9.1 123 128 1 2 78 p 79 11 ili 124 126 43 45 98 100 53 64 33 Si 95 e 5,1 98 ICO 10 104 18 39 9i 104 o 74 8 p 158 160 5 64 I, 21 3} p 83 86 170 175 22 35 1271 1311 2 64& I 5 11o}}} 72 6 I ° 6 l I 102 z 2 110# cf 9 1281 i i P 97 106 5j f THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 12, 1864. MR, FALCONER'S POEMS. Memories: the Bequest of nzy Boyhood. Poems. By Edmund Falconer. One vol., pp. 160. Tinsley Brothers. Versatility—whatever Sir Bulwer Lytton may say towards the tabooing of that word by means of one of the most ingenious arguments put forth, to that express end, in his " Castoniana"— Versatility is, beyond any doubt of it, the distin guishing peculiarity of the genius of Mr. Falconer. If ever the word is to be applied to any display of intellectual capacity whatever, it is to be applied in his instance. By whatever phrase you may call it, it is versatile. It is many-sided, it is ductile, plastic, elastic, admitting of all kinds of adaptations-. Either the word ought to be swept out of the dictionary altogether, or it is quite allowably to be applied i❑ an instance like that of this accomplished artist and gentleman. Comprehensive, his ability may be, in its scope, if you will ; but, in its manifestation, its chief characteristic appears to us to be quite as readily expressible by our talking of its versatility. Only a few weeks since, we had occasion to com ment upon the exceptional powers of a rarely gifted artist like Mr. Woolner : an artist so rarely gifted in his :way, as to handle with equal skill, vigour, and refinement, the pen of the Poet or the chisel and mallet of the Sculptor. And, in criticising his charming love poem of "My beautiful Lady," we then spoke of the possibility, nay, if he would but so direct his pea ers in earnest, of the exceeding probability, of Mr. Woolner making for himself a reputation, in the future, if he cared but to make the attempt, equally well as a painter or as a musician. As it is, his verses glow with colour, while they and his sculpture alike are conspicuous for the harmony of their proportions—both the rhythm and the rhyme, moreover, in this sculptor's poem abounding with melody. But while we are hinting thus at pos-' sibilities, or even, we might say, probabilities, in regard to the Poet-Sculptor becoming, as well as a Poet and a Sculptor, a Painter and a Musician —here is an artist of a wholly different kind who has already made good his claims to be viewed, at one and the same time, as an Actor and as a Dramatist, as a Poet and as a Theatrical Manager. During several seasons the playgoing Londoners have recognised Mr. Falconer's powers as an Actor and as a Dramatist, and, in addition to that, during the last season or two, as theatrical manager also. His capabilities, in each of these characters, have all along been recognised as beyond the dead level of mere respectability. One of his pieces had such a "run," it will be remembered, as has not often been surpassed. He is now, moreover, joint lessee with Mr. Chatterton at Old Drury. A new drama of his fabrication was performed there for the first time as recently as Saturday evening last—with what success we shall elsewhere notify. Our object now is simply to specify no less distinctly the bril liant success achieved by Mr. Falconer—quite ex ceptionally, as it appears to us, among Actors—as a Lyrist. Already, we observe, that our author-actor's tame has been brought into comparison with those of Barton Booth and John Cunningham— Actors and Lyrists like himself. But judging him simply by his " Memories," Edmund Fal coner need not for one instant shrink from the comparison thus suggested, His poems are far beyond those either of Booth or of Cunningham. And this, not merely as viewed, here and there, in brief fragmentary passages. The sentiment of the whole work is expressed in the terse motto selected by Mr. Falconer for his title-page, from the master lyrist of Germany, perhaps of all Literature. "Never forget th, dreams of your youth," is the tender, lovely, pathetic thought of Schiller, the thought here echoed with many graceful and touch ing variations in these " Memories " of Edmund Falconer. Although the contents of the little volume will be found comprised within the moderate compass of considerably less than two hundred pages, although the poems here collected together as the Bequest of the writer's Boyhood are scarcely more than seven in all, they give us ample taste of their author's quality. They are singularly various. They are written in all kinds of moods of an evi dently variable temperament, They include poignant Green Room Sketches—graceful Love Elegies—now a mere "je ne sail quoi" love tryste—a Byronical phantasma—celebrations one while of Egeria, another of Helen, another of Virginia. Here is an exemplar of our author's skill in weaving a Sonnet apropos to Stella : -a Trifles in idle hours give grave debate, And so we argued wisely yesterday What colour'd eye made most for Love or Hate, The tender blue, the more impassioned gray ? The back one's luminous unchanging ray, The hazel's varied loveliness elate ; Of conquest sure, and yet deep thoughted too, And beaming brown of every shade and hue. Each had an advocate, and each maintain'd His choice with learn'd and clerk-like argument : Lisrning to one you must have been content, But heark'ning all, you ev'ry one disdained ; To end the strife, I turned to Stella's eyes, And there all memory of a purpose dies. It was Bulwer who sang—years ago—in one of his loveliest ditties : " Those eyes, those eyes, how full of Heaven they are 1 " A refrain—how tenderly expressive of the tender ness 3f the tender passions !—from which, from the meaning of which at least, for the life of him, Mr. Falconer can seldom—if we may venture to say so —refrain ! Not only does he sing thus of Stella's eyes in his Sonnet above given, but another while he cries out in a sort of rapture, thus, about the eyes of Virginia— But oh I her deep and tranquil eyes, With lids that ever slowly rise, What words can image ? you should see, And then you'd learn to pity me Who, loving her, despair to win, Against myself my love a sin Their beauty ne'er by passion blurr'd, A tender theme—a touching word Unlocks the fountains of her heart, But there delaying—loth to part, Gathering in light along their lines, The trembling tear-drop lovelier shines Than Earth's most rare and priceless gem Sparkling upon a sparry stein In stalactite or crystal cell, By Genii watch'd and guarded well, Making the light wherein they dwell. The gem of the book, however, as in truth such a theme should make it, when once selected thus ap propriately by a Poet-Actor, is the Ballad commemo rative of the Poet-Actor's beloved, his " espousid -wife"—Anne Hatho way ! As affording the most readily a completer notion of the lyrical powers of Mr. Falconer than anything else might do selected Front his pages—we gladly transfer to our columns entire the closing stanzas of this charming English love poem, aptly commemorative just now of the loves and lives of his WILL SHAESPERB AND ANNE HATHAWAY. One evening in Autumn deep sadness eame o'er As her pitcher she fill'd in the well near the door, For an over-ripe apple she found by the brim, And she thought what a gift it had once been for him ; A drop speck'd its bloom, and it came spite of "Nay," From thy heart, not the cold well, proud Anne Hathaway. It was warm, and spread over the fruit the rich dye Of a heart-mist exhaled by Love's roseate sky, Like gems on the pitcher the cold drops shone clear But the gem of all gems was that quick-wasting tear : She put up the apple to kiss it next day, " I must call in the children," said Anne Hathaway. She sot down the pitcher and lean'd o'er the gate To toll thc, young truants their supper did wait; Susannah was spelling for Judith a book, And Hamot was paddling about in the brook; And she saw near the bridge, just a stone's throw away, One who soem'd a great lord unto Anne Hathaway. His doublet and trunks were of velvet, that shone Like the mellow-green moss on an old coping -stone, A plume of white feathers his felt hat did grace, And his collar and ruffles were broad Flanders lace, With his buff boots and spurs he look'd gallant and gay, Yet were tears in his eyes then, cold Anne Hathaway. Susannah stopp'd reading aid bade Judith look, For Hamet stood fast in the mud of the brook ; With his eyes wonder-fix d, and his mouth open wide. Then the stranger advanced, and when close by Anne's side, Though his bearded lip quiver'd, did smilingly say, "W g ive me an apple, dear Ann e H at h away Anne illyou started, and trembled, and look'd in his face Oh I could it bo Willie's with majesty's grace Though it bottled youthful still, there the boy was no more, For the full front of power and command it now wore; And she shran k back afraid when sho heard Shakespeare s " Don'tay, you know your own husband, dear Anne .Hathaway "'Tis my father," cried Susan, and sprung to his breast, From that moment ever beloved there the best, — But the others he call'd, and with hand and lip graced, And tenderly then their coy mother embraced ; " Whets I ask'd for an apple you never said ' Nay," But a kiss was a great gift from Anne Hathaway," He went o'er to Stratford the very next morn, And bought the great house where the Clopton was born; And rich lands round Welcomb he purchased right out, And a propertied gentleman was, past all doubt; And though the poor title his fame flouts to•day, Still, she married anlEsquire, did Anne Hathaway I Very cordially we may congratulate Mr. Falconer upon the publication of poetical effusions such a 3 these—effusions that few need disdain to have had bequeathed from Boyhood to Manhood (the Child being Father of the Man, as Wordsworth has it, and therefore capable of making, thus, a distinct bequest), bequeathed, here, in the golden numbers rung out of the coinage of the author's brain in the shape of these same pure and virginal " memories." THE IMPARTIAL LEADER. No. I. Denis Love. —A new sixpenny monthly organ has been com menced. Its general character appears to be vez y ambitious. Its aim is to be of No Party. Truth is its idol. Its aspirations are at once political and literary. It is desirous of pleasing everybody, but we are very much afraid in this wish it is doomed to very considerable disappointment. EVENTS OF THE MONTH. Part I. J. and C. Mozley.—Another sixpenny monthly periodical, of a less ambitious kind. Also political, also literary. A carefully compiled, and so far useful, but, we grieve to add, somewhat dull epitome of facts in regard to the events of the month—events political, literary, scientific, and connected with matters of general information. THE WEATHER AND THE PARKS, The comparatively mild temperature which on Saturday succeeded to the frosty atmosphere and cutting winds that had prevailed during the earlier portion of the week was so far maintained on Sunday night that the mercury had fallen but four degrees in the thermometer at midnight. The highest point reached on Sunday was 40 degrees, or 8 above freezing point; the minimum temperature during the night was 36 degrees, while the lowest point touched was 30 degrees. At nine o'clock yesterday morning Messrs. Negretti and Zimbra's standard thermometer at the Royal Humane Society's re ceiving -house, Hyde-park, registered 36 degrees; and at noon the mercury had risen to 45 degrees, or 5 above the highest point of yesterday. The wind blew in the moaning from E.S.E. ; at noon it was almost due south; but it after wardE chopped round to south-east by east. At four o'clock the mercury fell to 40 degrees, and later in the evening the tem perature indicated was a shade lowez than 39 deg.: Notwithstanding the dangerous condition of the ice on the Serpentine, and the unwearied exertions of the icemen of the Royal Humane Society, whose orders were to prevent all persons f7om venturing upon it, over 200 skaters pursued the sport yester day, and apparently with all the greeter zest that it was an enjoyment which, under the circumstances, prudeuce would have forbidden. Tiey, however, disregarded all warning, and, being literally swift of foot, eluded the efforts made to remove them, A large number of boys, encouraged by the example of their seniors, crowded on the ice at various places. They were in one respect more easily dealt with, but they contrived to return to the frozen sur face at one point or another almost as soon as they ware removed from it. Happily no serious casualty occurred during the day, and this tle more to be wondered at from the "ragged" and aoneycombed state of the ice. It is now little over two and a half inches in thickness, and, owing to the lines and cracks which intersect each other in every direct'.on, resembles a monster skeleton map leosely put to gether, or a Chinese puzzle on a large scale. The ice on the Round Pond, near Kensington Palace, is of an average thickness of inches, and the water being shallow except at one point, which is marked, and where the depth is about ten feet, the number of skaters and sliders was comparatively large, amounting during the entire day to over 300. A few skaters also ventured on the ice which covers the Long Water. Although not considered safe for a crowd, it is in a better condition than that on the Serpentine, being still 31- inches in thickness; that being, however, 2 inche© less than its average thick ness on Friday last. At Regent's and St. James's parks the ornamental waters are still frozen over; but the ice has thawed to such an extent that it is not in a fit state to resist the pressure of the numbers of persons who hastened to the parks yesterday with a view to ergage in the sport of skating and sliding. The icemen were busily employed in keeping the ice clear, end full notice was given to the public that it was unsafe to venture upon it ; but in the case of many urchins, who insisted on running sive argument of the rope'send had to be resorted to. into danger, the conclu sive The skating season, so far, has been short and sharp. The sun set yesterday with what is under stood by the weatherwise as a " frosty appearance," and there are some who profess to be learned in such matters who predict that a return to extremely cold weather is at hand. Should such not be the case , however (and the w e ather w ise are sometimes otherwise), those who have locked forward to a long run of sport on the ice will, at least, have the con solation of knowing that the genial influence which prevents their anticipations being realised gives work to the labourer, and m i tigates one of the many hardships which the poor have to endure. (From the Scotsman.) The weather on Saturday was more genial than it had been for some days previous, the leenness of the frost being somewhat neutralised by the rays of the sun, which occasionally shone oat brightly elkocniheist atmosphere. As was to be proved th e grea t centre of e t h x r p o e u c g t e h d h e th thie attraction for the pleasure-seekers. All day long crowds of people of all ranks of the community thronged the Drive between Edinburgh and Dud dingston, going to and returning from the ice; and the road towards midday presented an appearance circum stances is seldomleand activity such as in ordinary the greatest thoroughfares of the city. Carr ia ges, coaches, cabs, gigs, and seen other conveyances swelled the living tide that rolled eastwards by Arthur Seat, bearing thousands of skaters and spectators to the ice, and at parts of the route the crowd of people and vehicles was so great as somewhat to impede the pi ogress of pedestrians. The scene at Duddingstou Loch during the day was strikingly imposing and picturesque. From the hill End rising ground overlooking the ice ttousands of ladies and gentlemen watched with keen interest tae shifting and manifold phases of des wintry pastimes in progress upon the loch belay. These worded ear e ed as n ani dles u s sem as en t t h t e o y th w e e o r n e lookers. Here exciting, and infinite e and there, within privileged enclosures swept clear of 8/10W, skilled and veteran skaters performed mystic evolutions with an ease and grace tha made tiem conspicuous among the motley thousands who might recreation upon every Part of the '&6 and cmpact expanse of ice. Higher up, towards the eastern end of the loch, eager, high-spirited curlers carried on their invigorating game in presenc) of amused spectators, jest and laugh mingling w ith the rumbling music of the stones as they slid sw iely from goal to goal. Occasionally dense crowds of toys pursuing the flying ball Swept, whirlwifel fashion, over different parts of the ice, now, as seer from a distance, settling into a confused cad indis. tinguishablo mass, and then, breaking up, scatter ing into long, straggling fil es, and carrying humorous terror into the hearts of nervous and undisciplined skaters, w h o , without warning, hap pened to be enveloped in and c arried away with the rushing tide. Prominent in the changing scene crowds of gaily-dressed ladies and gentlemen en. joyed with unflagging energies ihe healthy and exciting exercise of the slide, receiving with hearty good humour the little accidents and laughable contretemps to which the past ime not unfrequently gave rise. These constituted the chief features of the sports ; the minor ep i so des of the scene were almost innumerable, and afforded endless gratifica lien to the beholder. Th e i ce swarmed with skaters . and unskilled, gra ceful and ungraceful, whose fantastic and seemingly interminable ma ncetivres generally gave rise to admiration, but not unfrequentiy to uncontrollable mirth. Between -12 and 4 o'clock the number of people upon the loch could not have been less than 6,000 at one time ; and as crowds were continually arriving and de parting, the number who visited the ice throughout the day must have been between 12,000 and 15,000. During the two hours preceding twilight the sight which Duddingston and the acclivities surrounding it presented was one that has been rarely seen in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh. The bold features of the neighbouring scenery, partially disclosed through the overhanging mist—the gay aspect of the crowds who watched the sports from the banks and from the carriages drawn up along the drive — the sharp, whirring sound of innumerable chairs driven at headlong pace by skaters over the ice, and bearing young ladies in swift flight across the loch—the varying aspects of the surface of the loch as the huge crowds skimmed and swayed to and fro upon its surface—the brilliant colours of the ladies' dresses; these combined with the noise and bustle everywhere prevalent, formed a panorama that was pleasant above measure to the eye to dwell upon. Nor did evening, which closed with a keen air and thick fog, wholly interrupt the progress of the sport. For hours after darkness fell adventurous skaters traversed the loch in all directions bearing torches, which, as seen from the upland overlooking Dud ciingston, glared ruddy and wild through the thick misty atmosphere. Many lovers of the pastime, whom business prevented attending during the day, and not a few whose enthusiasm made them eager to make the most of the time while the frost lasted, remained on the loch till near midnight, steering their uncertain course over the ice by the aid of paper lanterns and other improvised helps to safety. The ice was very good throughout the day, and with the exception of some concealed ruts that occasionally overthrew the unwary tyro, or taxed the good temper of the practised skater, there was little to complain of in its quality or condition. About an hour before dark the number of people who thronged the road leading citywards, on their return from the loch, was almost as large as the crowd that pours down to the Queen's Park to welcome her Majesty on her visits to Edinburgh. Notwithstanding the immense number of people on the ice during the day, we can say that only one accident occurred. Skaters—and their name is legion—will be sorry to learn that the healthy and invigorating exercise which they have enjoyed with such zest during the past week is likely for the present to be suspended. Early on Sunday morn ing a thaw set in accompanied with a gentle breeze, which sent the mercury up to 12 deg. above freezing point. On Sunday night the thermometer regis tered 43 deg., and there was a prospect of the mer cury rising still higher. There were two inches of water on Duddingston Loch on Sunday. CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE FRENCH EMPEROR'S LIFE. (From the Paris Correspondent of the Times.) The discovery of the conspiracy against the Em peror's life, mentioned in my letters of Thursday and Friday, has filled with consternation every one who has heard of it. The agents of this plot, which was to have been executed with circumstances of extraordinary atrocity, are found. It was at first said that one of the party was a Belgian, and then a Pole. The circumstance of a Pole who was em ployed on the Northern railroad havingbeen arrested in consequence of the last fatal accident on that line led to the mistake. It would now appear that the four are Italians; their names are Greco, Impera tori, Trabaco, and Saglio, otherwisecalled Marpholi. They were arrested in the afternoon of Sunday last. When they were examined before the Juge d'ln struction, Greco, who, it seems,was at the head of the band, unhesitatingly, and with audacious frankness, avowed his crime, affected to glory in having been employed to execute it, and regretted that he had not succeeded. If the disclosures made by this man are to be trusted, it would appear that towards the end of September, or beginning of October last, he and his three accomplices were summoned to Lugano by Mazzini, with whom they had been for some time in correspondence. It was then and there arranged that they should proceed to Paris to assassinate the Emperor. Mazzini gave them four shells which he had received or brought from England ; four shells of a similar description which he had caused to be made at Genoa; four revolvers and four poinards. On leaving Lugano Mazzini gave him 4,000 f., telling him he was going to London to await the result of the attempt, and would then send him more money. He at the same time left him the address of a person through whom he wa to write to him in case he wanted more funds. The address, in Mazzini's handwriting, was found on Greco's person. Among other papers was a copy of instructions from Mazzini written in cipher, and containing certain signs which he was to send him on the eve of the day the crime was to be at tempted. Mazzini also gave him two photographic portraits of himself, with his name at the bottom written in his own hand. Those papers were found in Greco's trousers, between the lining and and the cloth. There was also found in Greco's pocketbook a letter addressed by Imperatori to Mazzini, stating that, having heard of a plot for the murder of the Emperor, he claimed to be one of the party. Greco admitted that this letter had been handed to him at Lugeho by Mazzini. It was on Christmas-day that the men bent on this mission of blood arrived in Paris. It was at first said that they had come direct from London to France ; but it appears from the depositions that they entered the French territory from Switzerland, and with passports perfectly en regle, without a single flaw, which had been given them by the Swiss authorities: Each had two shells uncharged on his person. From the day of their arrival to that of their arrest they changed their lodging more than once in order to throw the poliee, whom they seemed to know were on the watch for them, off the scent. They did not all live together, but met in the day time to concert the means of carrying oat their object. Greco, who appeared to be as eager an approver as he had been a conspirator, related to the Judges every movement, every particular of himself and his accomplices since their coming to Paris. They had made a careful inspection of the approaches to the Operain the RueLepelletier, and of those of the other theatres which the Emperor was in the habit of visit. ing. They had examined every place which gave access to the Palace of the Tuileries, and repeatedly visited the Bois de Boulogne when the Emperor went to skate. Their plan was that wherever, or whenever, the opportunity presented itself they were to throw their shells (said to be more destructive than those of Orsini) under his horses' feet, and at once rush on him and his attendants with their revolvers and poniards. Greco added that the poniards, which he had received from Mazzini, were poisoned, and it seems on examination that the points and blades are of a peculiar colour, as if they had been long steeped in some liquid. The conspirators, who declare that they were in constant correspondence with Mazzini, resolved to effect their purpose on Monday or Tuesday last at the Bois de Boulogne. On the previous Saturday the shells were loaded and everything prepared. They were, however, out of money, having al ready spent the 4,000 f. Mazzini had given them in October. Their way of life contrasted strangely with the secret object on which they were bent. They had been constantly traced by the police, and from their frequent changes of domicile seemed to be perfectly aware of it, yet they acted as if they wished to give every facility to those who were so vigilantly watching them. They denied themselves no pleasure; they lived joyously, and a dinner for the four cost over 200 f. They contemplated escaping tom Paris after the perpetration of their crime ; but, at they had spent their money in orgies of every ki)d, they wrote to Mazzini, who is now in Lon. d o r, for more. The Emperor had been kept ae qudnted with what was going on, but it did not prevent him from going out as usual, and the police, knowing that Monday or Tuesday was fixed f or the attempt, made all sure by arresting the con spiratots on Sunday evening. The money they had written for did not arrive the day they expected ; but I beer that a letter, containing an order—some say for 500 f., others for 4,ooof—addressed to one of them, was intercepted on Saturday at the Post office. Had the funds arrived before Sunday they would, they said, have at once proceeded to action. Such in substance is the confession of Greco, and it is in all respects corroborated by his accomplices. The only one who has shown compunction for the crime in which he was to have a share, is Saglio, alias Marpholi, a young man of two or three and twenty, and he declares that when matters came to the point he would have refused to act. Imperatori and Trabuco describe themselves as formerly belonging to the band of Garibaldi, as having taken part in the affair of Aspromonte when he was wounded ; and both wore the Marsala medal. Trabuco, who had passed under another name, is said to have been tried and convicted in France for swindling, and in London for theft. Greco, the head of the party, was in a state of great excitement during his ex amination by the J age d'lnstruction, He blas phemed, foamed at the mouth, cursed himself for having failed, and declared that there were others bound like himself by oath to complete the crime. The shells found at the house where they lodged are about the same size as the Orsini ones, but some what differently shaped. Orsini's were in form like a pear; these are perfectly oval, and very thick, and instead of being charged with fulminating powder were filled with ordinary powder. The conspirators are now lodged in the prison of Mazes ; their pre liminary examination is not yet quite ended, and it is believed they will make further disclosures. Tra buco was seized at the door of his house on Sunday afternoon, Imperatori almost at the same moment while preparing to go out, and Greco and the other in another house in the Rue St. Honore. Annual Return of Fires and Lives Saved. On Saturday Captain Shaw and Mr. Sampson Low, of the Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire, produced their annual reports, which were laid before the committees of the Lon don Fire Brigade, and also the Royal Society. Each report is very voluminous, but the following may be taken as a summary of the two institu tions, clearly showing that both have been of great good to the public, not only in extinguishing fires, but also in saving lives. Captain Shaw states that the total number of calls received during the year 1863 had been 1,624. Of that number 81 were false 1 alarms. 139 proved to be only chimney alarms, and 11,404 were fires, of which 39 resulted in total de struction of building, &c,, 310 serious damage, and 1,055 in slight damage. The fires of 1863, com pared with those of 1862, show an increase of 101 ; and compared with the average of the previous 30 years, the increase is 582. The totally destroyed list, 39, compared with that of 1862, shows an in crease in number of 6; but compared with the average proportion of the previous 30 years there is a decrease of 9. Of the buildings de stroyed, 4 were over 2 miles from the nearest station, 7 were over 3 miles, 1 over 5 miles, 2 over 6, 2 over 7, 1 over 8, 1 over 11, and 1 over 12 miles. Of the 39, 18 were completely alight, and 16 others burned down before the arrival of the engines; but the losses are for the most part trifling compared with the fires of former years. During the past year the telegraph has been extended froi the foremen's stations to those in their respective districts, thus completing the communication throughout the establishment, from the chief station to those most remote in Ratcliff, Baker-street, Westminster, and Rotherhithe respec tively. Every line is complete in itself, with a dial or alphabetical instrument at each end ; thus a stop page or break in any one line does not interfere with the several communications, which would be the case if several stations were on one current. From Watling-street, at any moment (Capt. Shaw says), he can be placed in direct communication with any station, thus avoiding the delay caused by repeat ing messages at an intermediate point. A saving is thus effected in the time and labour of the men, as compared with the old system of running to the calls, and stops from station to station. The land steam engines continua to render valuable aid at all fires, large or small. These machines have been considerably improved during the past year, and are now adapted to throw jets of water of every size, from a quarter of an inch to an inch and a half. The property saved by those machines has been upwards of a thousand per cent. Notwith standing the number of fires, wholly unparalleled either here or elsewhere, the labours of all ranks in the establishment, however severe, have since the adoption of steam and telegraph communication, become decidedly less arduous than in former years, when the number of fires was less. Notwithstand ing the greatly-increased number of fires, the list of casualties for 1863 is five less than of the previous year. The remainder of the captain's return gives an alphabetical list of the trades carried on by various tradesmen, but they differ little from the report of former years. Mr. Sampson Low, the secretary of the Royal Society for the Protection of Life from Fire, in his return, stated that during the quarter ending the 31st March, 194 fires were attended by the escapes and conductors, and the lives of 10 persons were rescued. During the quarter ending June 30, 143 fires were attended, and the lives of 7 persons res cued. During the quarter ending Sept. 30, 155 fires were attended, and the lives of 16 persons rescued. During the quarter ending December 31, 178 fires were attended, and the lives of 41 persons rescued. The entire number of fires thus attended by the Royal Society's fire escapes and conductors during the year 1863, was 670; a number that may be considered as representing tho whole of the Lon don fires of the year, as the society's stations have been so augmented as to maintain one for every square of a quarter of a mile (with now very few intervening localities) throughout the metropolis; and the number of lives saved by the exertions of ' the conductors at these fires was 74. The society's new stations established during the year are at Pentonville-road, St. John's-wood, Maidashill, and High-street, Shadwell. These additions make the number of the society's stations 84. The fire-escape brigade consists of 84 conductors on full pay, 6 supernumeraries, and 4 inspectors; the whole force being in a state of great efficiency, and the men are practised in their duties in rescuing lives from danger. MARKETS—This Day. HAY MARKZTS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 108 Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 10s Od ; and straw, £1 Ss to £1 10s par load. Trade slow. CUMBERLAND. — Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 lOs Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 10s Od ; and straw, £1 5s to £1 108 per load. A slow demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4los Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 108 Od ; and straw, £1 5s to £1 lOs per load. Trade inactive. COLONIAL. TEl..—Business has been very inactive, and the few deal ings entered into have been at about previous quotations. SUCIA.R.—The market has remained dull, but holders still demand full rates for superior descriptions of West India. In the refined market there is no material change to record in prices. COFFEE.—There has been a fair inquiry for colonial de scriptions, and late prices are well sustained. RICE.—A better demand has been experienced for ex portation, and prices have generally shown an upward movement. TALLow.—The market has exhibited no material change, a steady business having been done in " sorts " for home consumption, at about previous rates. P.Y.C. on the spot quoted, new, 41s 9d to 425; old, 41s 3d ; March delivery, 42s 9d to 435; and last three months, 45s per cwt. EXETER HALL.—The National Choral Society will shortly give a grand performance of Mendelssohn's oratorio, "Elijah." Principal vocalists—Madame Ruders dorff, Miss Emma Haywood, Mr. Sims Reeves, and Mr. Santley. Organist—Mr. John G. Boardman. The band and chorus will consist of 700 performers. The whole under the direction of Mr. G. W. Martin. NEW SPIRITUAL PEER.—In consequence of the death of the Bishop of Ely, the Right Rev. Dr. C. J. Elli cott, Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, will be entitled to take his seat in the House of Lords at the commencement of the next session of Parliament. The new Bishop of Ely will not be entitled to a seat in Parliament until a vacancy arises in a diocese other than Canterbury, York, London, Durham, or Winchester. THE FIRST VOLUME OF THE MEMOIRS OF - WEBER, by his son, has appeared. REMOVAL OF TOWNLEY.—Yesterday morning George Victor Townley, the murderer of Miss Goodwin, was removed from Derby gaol to St. George's-in the-Fields Criminal Lunatic Asylum, London. The mur derer was conveyed in a cab to Spondon station, three miles from Derby, and the noon express train to King's-cross stopped at Spondon station to take him up. Ho was accom panied by two warders. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. RUSS:CA, A rumour has been curron t at Vienna, says the Independance Beige, that Russia had proposed to the Powers to hold a conference at Copenhas en, for the arrangement of the Dano-Germanic dispute. That statement is not correct. Russia has up to the present time maintained a very reserved, but not an indifferent attitude. In fact we learn from Vienna that she intends, if the Treaty of London sh ou ld b e invalidated by the decisions of the Frankfort Diet, to assert her rights to the territories which revert to the branch of Gottorp, and which include the port of Kiel. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. LONDON GAZETTE,—This Evening s ----.-- WAR OFFICE, DEC. 31. The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of Commissary-General-in-Chief John William Smith, C. 8., to be an Ordinary Member of the Military Division of the Second Class, or Knights Com manders of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. WHITEHALL, Jilc. 11. The Queen has been pleased to give and grant unto Captain Sir Adolphus Slade, of the Royal Navy, who is actually and entirely employed in the service ot his Imperial Majesty the Sultan, beyond the Queen's domi nions, and who in the year 1858 received her Majesty's permission to accept and wear the Insignia of the Third Class of the Imperial Order of the Medjidie, her Majesty's royal licence and authority that he may accept and wear the Insignia of the Second Class of the said Imperial Order of the Medjidie,which the Sultan hath been pleased to con fer upon him. The Queen has been pleased to nominate the Rev. Sidney Henry Widdrington, M.A., to the pe.petual curacy of the district parish ot St. Mark, St. Marylebone, in the county of Middlesex, and diocese of London, void by the resignation of the Rev. Ashby Blair Haslewood. FOREIGN. OFFICE, JAN. 12. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Manuel de la Quintana as Vice-Consul at Liverpool for the Re public of Peru. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Senor Jorje Dunlop to be Vice-Consul at Southarup,on for the United States of Colombia. DOWNING-STREET, JAN. 12 The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Foster Gresham, Esq., to be Chief Justice of the Inland of Grenada; and William Alexander George Young, Esq., to be Colonial Secretary for the Island of Vancouver. ' WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JAN. 12. COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT.—Commissary - General William James Tyrone Power, C. 8., to be Commissaty. General-in-Chief, vice John W. Smith, C,8., retired. INDIA-OFFICE, JAN. 12. - - Her Majesty has been pleased to approve the undermen tioned promotions and alterations of rank amongst the Offi cers of the Staff Corps and of her Majesty's Indian Military Forces. MADRAS STAFF CORPS. To be Lieutenant-Colonels—Major Francis Greetham Kempster and Major Alexander Robert Fraser. MADRAS ARMY. 10th Native Infantry—Lieut. Robert Beaty to be Captain, vice Mitcalfe, deceased. General List of Infantry Officers—Ensign Augustus Frederick Wilkinson to be Lieutenant, vice Lee, 37th Native Infantry, deceased—Ensign George Leckcy to be Lieutenant, in succession to Somerville, 26th Native In fantry, deceased. Medical Officers—Assistant-Surgeon Edward Dixon to be Surgeon, vice Hadwen, deceased—Assistant•Surgeon Jas. Cowper to be Surgeon, vice Scott, retired. BOMBAY STAFF CORPS. Admission—Captain Arthur Henry Curtis, of the 2d Native Infantry. Promotion To be Major—Captain Arthur Henry Curtis. BOMBAY ARMY. Late 31st Native Infantry—Captain Montague John Battye to be Major—Lieutenant Charles Donald Macleod to be Captain, in succession to M'Culloch, retired. General List of Infantry Officers—Ensign Stanley Carter to be Lieutenant, in succession to Shewell (23d Native In fantry), deceased—Ensign Harry Trevor Balktey, to be Lieutenant, in succession to Taylor, 22d Native Infantry (Staff Corps), deceased. ADMIRALTY, JAN. 11. In pursuance of her Majesty's pleasure, Admiral of the Red Sir Lucius Curtis, Bart., K.C.8., has this day been promoted to be Admiral of the Fleet; and in consequence thereof the following promotions, also dated this day, have taken place:— Admiral of the White Sir Augustus William James Clif ford, Bart., C. 8., to be Admiral of the Red. Admiral of the Blue Sir Provo William Parry Wallis, K.C.8., to be Admiral of the White. Vice-Admirals The Right Hon. Charles Lord Colchester and William Keats, on the Reserved List, to be Admirals on the same List. _ _ Vice-Admiral of the Red Sir Henry john Leeke, K.C.8., K.H., to be Admiral of the Blue. Vice-Admiral of the Whit 3 John Alex, Duntze to be Vice-Admiral of the Red. Vice-Admiral of the Blue Henry Wolsey Bayfield to be Vice-Admiral of the White. _ Rear-Admirals—Sir Wm. Dickson, Bart., and William Sydney Smith, ou the Reserved List, to be Vice-Admirals on the same List. Rear-Admiral of the Red the Hon. Sir Henry Keppel, K.C.8., to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue. Rear-Admiral of the White Robert Spencer Robinson to be Rear-Admiral of the Red. - - Rear-Admiral of the Blue George Ramsey, C. 8., to be Rear-Admiral of the White. Captain Sir George Graham Otway, Bart., and Captain Sir Andrew Snape Hamond, Bart., to be Rear-Admirals on the Reserved List. Captain the Hon. James Robert Drummond, C. 8., to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. Retired Rear-Admiral Henry Ommanney Love to be Re tired Vice-Admiral, in pursuance of tho Order in Council of the 7th May, 1858. BANKRUPTS That portion of the Gazette containing the bankrupt had not arrived when we went to press. Course of the Exchange—This Day. 11 17} 11 0 11 0 25 671 25 67i 13 8 25 30 25 75 25 75 1194, 12 43 12 50 331, Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 191 Antwerp .. 25 621 Brussels — 25 62/ Hamburgh — 13 74 Paris Ditto .. 3 Months, 25 70 Marseilles Frankfort on Maine —... 119 Vienna Trieste Petersburgh .. 33 Berlin — —' Madrid Cadiz Leghorn — 25 824 25 871 Milan =-• 25 824 25 871 Genoa — 25 82/ 25 874 Naples — 25 821 25 871 Palermo .. 25 85 25 96 Messina — 25 85 25 98 Lisbon — 521 62/- Oporto...- - Foreign Gold in Bars ( Standard ), per 0z 521 .... S 3 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) South American Doublons ........ 0 0 0 SHIPPING—This Day. LONDON, Jan. 12.—Wind this day at noon—East; moderate breeze, and cloudy weather. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 10.—Arrived—King Bird, from St. John's, N.B. SHEERNESS, Jan. 11.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Bear, of Sunderland, with loss of anchor and chains, and damage to port bow. SWANSEA, Jan. 10.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Mary Ann Johnson, for Caldera. PLYMOUTH, Jan. IL—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Wellesley, from London for Melbouine. CRYSTAL PALACE.—An experiment took place yesterday at the Crystal Palace in the Exhibition. Department of a now propelling machine, for which patents have been taken for Russia and Poland. The inventor is M. Casimir Noel, of Meaux, of France. The object of the apparatus is to facilitate the transport of passengers and goods. It is worked by a combination of double-acting levers, which are set in motion by the displacement of the load weight. A barrow loaded with a weight of Goolb. is easily moved by a child of 10 years of age, which under other circumstances a powerful man could not move. Fur ther experiments will take place to prove the practicability of the invention, One Shilling Day, Monday, Jan. 11.— Admission on payment, 1,969; ditto, by season tickets, 9SO; total, 2,949. THE EMPEROR has made the Dae de Persigny a present of a handsome palace in a side street near Ulu Palace Elyse° Napoleon. The street has only just been made, and the fine houses built on the site. It is to be called Rue Persigny. NARROW ESCAPE OF THE EARL AND COUNTESS OF CAWDOR.—A very alarming accident occurred to the Earl and Countess of Cawdor on Thursday last, while disporting on a lake in Stackpole Court, Pembrokeshire. The noble earl was driving the Countess of Cawdor on a sledge, when the ice suddenly gave w a y at a considerable distance from tho shore, and both were immersed n the i water. Happily the catastrophe was observed by his lord ship's sons—both expert swimmers —his lordship's brother, the Hon. Henry Campbell, Sir Robert Brownrigg, and Mr. Dixon, his lordship's butler, to whom great praise is due. The earl and countess were both in the water for some time, and when extricated her ladyship was in a state of insensibility. The latest accounts state that the earl and countess are recovering, (9.16.4! 12.10 13,14. 8.4.0 49i i 1021